An Ontario township has voted to rename two islands honouring the former Prince Andrew
Mayor Sherry Senis said renaming the islands is “the right thing to do” in light of sexual assault allegations
A township in Ontario has begun the process of renaming two islands named after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former prince who, last year, lost his royal title due to accusations of sexual assault in connection to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested earlier this year following the release of the Epstein files, in which he appears. He has denied the allegations.
The Canadian Press reports that the township of Selwyn, near Peterborough, plans to submit an application to the Ontario Geographic Names Board after a unanimous council vote agreed to begin renaming Prince Andrew Island and Gordonstoun Island. The latter was named for the school attended by Mountbatten-Windsor, his brother, King Charles and their father, Prince Philip.
Prince Andrew Island got its name in 1978, shortly after Mountbatten-Windsor spent a semester at Lakefield College in the area.
Mayor Sherry Senis said renaming the islands is “the right thing to do.”
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Carly Lewis is a journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times and the New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Wired, Interview Magazine, Pitchfork, Elle, and Maclean’s, where she is a contributing editor. Her work has been recognized by the National Magazine Awards and the Digital Publishing Awards. She reports on city life, culture—including what people do online—politics, art and crime. She received the Dave Greber Freelance Writers Award for “The Murder of Ashley Wadsworth,” an investigative feature about a Canadian teenager who was killed by a man she met on social media, published by Maclean’s.
